{"id":1408,"date":"2018-03-08T04:25:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T04:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2018-03-08T04:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T04:25:38","slug":"helicopter-crash-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/03\/08\/helicopter-crash-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter crash in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-top-header\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-top-header-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"post-title\">Mexico: Minister helicopter&#8217;s crash kills 13 on ground<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-heading-des\">At least 13 people die, including three children, when a minister&#8217;s helicopter crash-landed on way to quake epicentre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-img\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-name\">\n<div class=\"article-duration\">17 Feb 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-top-share-icon\" class=\"article-readToMe-share-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-main-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<article id=\"main-article-block\" class=\"main-article-block clear-fix\">\n<div class=\"main-article-body\">\n<figure class=\"main-article-mediaCaption\">\n<div class=\"main-article-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive main-article-media-img\" title=\"Mexico: Minister helicopter's crash kills 13 on ground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdxxlarge\/mritems\/Images\/2018\/2\/17\/71f348caf5734f64b3b641d5c5855b72_18.jpg\" alt=\"Soldiers inspect the site of the helicopter crash [Jorge Luis Plata\/Reuters]\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"main-article-caption\">Soldiers inspect the site of the helicopter crash [Jorge Luis Plata\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-more-on-block article-shaded-blocks article-embedded-card hidden-xs\">\n<h4 class=\"embeded-box-name\">MORE ON\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/regions\/latin-america.html\">LATIN AMERICA<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"article-more-on-ul\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/03\/argentine-congress-debate-legalising-abortion-180307111600104.html\">Argentine Congress to debate legalising abortion<\/a>today<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/specialseries\/2018\/03\/documentaries-remarkable-women-180306103301602.html\">Eight must-see documentaries about remarkable women<\/a>today<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/03\/gabriel-garcia-marquez-google-honours-today-180305183437355.html\">Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Why Google honours him today<\/a>yesterday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/03\/gabriel-garcia-marquez-quotes-resonate-today-180306082709254.html\">Gabriel Garcia Marquez quotes that resonate today<\/a>yesterday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" class=\"article-p-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">A military helicopter carrying top Mexican officials has crashed while assessing damage from a powerful earthquake, killing at least 13 people on the ground, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Twelve people died at the scene after the pilot lost control shortly before landing\u00a0in\u00a0the southern state of Oaxaca\u00a0and another person later died in hospital, prosecutors said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dead were three children, while 15 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The victims had apparently been waiting on the ground to greet Secretary of the Interior\u00a0Alfonso Navarrete Prida and Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat, who survived the crash unharmed, as did the crew.<\/p>\n<p>The officials had been surveying the aftermath of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that\u00a0struck on Friday around 10km southeast of Pinotepa Nacional in\u00a0Oaxaca.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter reportedly crash-landed in the southwestern town of Pinotepa de Don Luis, 37km from the epicentre, according to the US Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, multiple people on the ground lost their lives and others were injured,&#8221; Mexico&#8217;s President Enrique Pena Nieto\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPN\/status\/964737737176768512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, sending his condolences to the families.<\/p>\n<h2>Tremor hits Mexico again<\/h2>\n<p>There were no reports of any deaths from the earthquake, which sent people running into the streets and could be felt 500km away in the capital, Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of aftershocks hit the region, the most powerful registering magnitude 5.9.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 people were killed in Oaxaca in early September 2017 when an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/09\/death-toll-mexico-biggest-quake-continues-rise-170910053123489.html\">8.2-magnitude earthquake struck<\/a>\u00a0the region, destroying many houses.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/09\/earthquake-kills-150-central-mexico-170920032458943.html\">7.1-magnitude quake struck<\/a>\u00a0Mexico City, killing at least 360 people in\u00a0the capital\u00a0and the surrounding area and left thousands homeless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body-artSource\">\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico: Minister helicopter&#8217;s crash kills 13 on ground At least 13 people die, including three children, when a minister&#8217;s helicopter crash-landed on way to quake epicentre. 17 Feb 2018 Soldiers inspect the site of the helicopter crash [Jorge Luis Plata\/Reuters] MORE ON\u00a0LATIN AMERICA Argentine Congress to debate legalising abortiontoday Eight must-see documentaries about remarkable womentoday Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Why Google&#8230; 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